Talk:Michael Lipton

A fact from Michael Lipton appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 June 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that developmental economist Michael Lipton showed that poor farmers were more resource efficient than rich farmers?

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The result was: promoted by Kusma (talk) 10:15, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that developmental economist Michael Lipton showed that poor farmers were more resource efficient than rich farmers? Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/apr/18/michael-lipton-obituary
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty
- Comment: Apologies, I was busy with off-wiki activities during the week and was not able to submit this on time. Appreciate a one-time consideration. I have missed the deadline to submit this one by a couple of days.

Created by Ktin (talk). Self-nominated at 18:03, 6 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Michael Lipton; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

For me the hook is interesting so I will give you a little leeway on the time. So before you started expanding on 23 April I make it a bit under 200 words and when you finished on 6 May almost 900 words so that is fine at more than 5 times expanded.

So the Guardian says "Michael also showed that in land-scarce situations, poor farmers managed the land more intensively and more efficiently than richer ones". Was that the quote you wanted to cite? If so we should maybe adjust the hook slightly.

Checked Earwig no copyvio.

Who's Who 2014 is showing as a possible unreliable source. Do we actually need this?

Cite 1 does not actually show he was research prof until this year - please could you check and adjust

Not essential - but you could use the trans-title parameter for the Spanish paper

Thanks much @Chidgk1:. I will try to get some time this week and will address these items. Thanks. Ktin (talk) 02:50, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Ktin: Not obligatory but perhaps you might find a little more in https://www.economist.com/asia/2023/04/20/michael-lipton-the-big-man-of-land-reform

QPQ completed. Coming back to the other items next. Ktin (talk) 04:49, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Removed Who's who 2014 and validated the new ref 1 showing professorial fellow from 1967-1994, and research professor from 1994 onwards. Ktin (talk) 20:33, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies, did not follow the Spanist trans-text comment. Please can you help? Ktin (talk) 20:36, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

hope google got it right

Re: the Guardian comment, yes, that is accurate. The requisite section from the Guardian article is Michael also showed that in land-scarce situations, poor farmers managed the land more intensively and more efficiently than richer ones; and he debunked the idea that poor farmers were wasteful, showing that grain losses on farms were often minimal.
@Chidgk1: With the above edits, I will hand this back to you. Thanks for your review. Ktin (talk) 20:38, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Good to go thanks